Legal Opinion
Choate v. Assessors of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 27, 1939PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
Lucy E. Choate on April 1, 1933, was the owner of certain premises in Boston which were subject to a mortgage held by the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company. An officer of the company spoke to her about the foreclosure of the mortgage and she said, “Well, I can’t do anything more. You will have to do what you think best about it.” He informed her that she should have applied for an abatement and she replied, “I’m through, I will have to leave.” The mortgage was foreclosed on September 22, 1933, and the insurance company took possession. The company on December 5, 1933, filed with…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Assessors of Boston v. Garland School of Home MakingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Board of Assessors v. Suffolk Law SchoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Piper v. ChildsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Bickford v. FurberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Hanzes v. FlavioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Ford Motor Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Joyner v. Lenox Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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